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must act under the control and direction of the Court yet

complaints against his action can only be dealt with by

the Court upon formal complaint and after taking evidence. -

Section 29.

The Chief Justice under Section

C

74 may make rules for regulating the practice and proce-

-dure; the duties of the various Officers, etc.; but such

rules must be approved by the Legislative Council.

Again the Registrar is Official

Trustee and under Ordinance 5 of 1901 he is vested with

powers entirely appertaining to his office.

He is also Registrar of Companies.

The Rules of Procedure under the

Ordinance made by the Chief Justice require the approval

of the Legislative Council (section 210) and the appoint-

-ment of the Registrar of Companies and the making of

regulations for the duties to be performed by such

Registrar are vested in the Governor (section 212).

Under Ordinances 9, 10, 11 and 16

of 1907, the Registrar as Registrar of Companies has

various powers quite independent of the Chief Justice or

of the Supreme Court.

Under the Code of Civil Procedure

(Ordinance

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